A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. – Henry AdamsRead More

Whether you are taking this year’s CAT or the next, some simple stuff will work powerfully in both cases. Whether you are struggling to get going or you aren’t doing too well on your Mock Tests/AIRCATs, you may be wondering if the laborious CAT preparation journey you have undertaken will take you to the goal you...Read More

Imagine you are just starting to figure out the best way to prepare for CAT, with just 3 months to go for CAT2025. Maybe you joined the best CAT coaching institute a little later than your would have liked to or you feel you haven’t made much progress so far even if you began your CAT...Read More

Around this time of the year, many students write to me expressing their fear of writing AIRCATs. In case you feel that way at this stage of your CAT prep, you are not alone. And that suggests that it is natural to feel this way. There are so many who feel similarly. A very bright...Read More

There are imagined problems, there are real problems, and then there are epic ones. Quant in CAT is a bit of all of these. Despite being equal in importance to the other 2 sections in CAT as far as CAT preparation is concerned, the QA section ends up getting a lot more attention (focus, anxiety,...Read More

As you continue with your CAT preparation, the role of mock CATs (AIRCATs at MBAGuru) begins to gain importance at this stage of your CAT prep. As an enthusiastic CAT aspirant, you may have access to multiple test series and therefore, find yourself flooded with a huge number of tests available for practice. A question...Read More

This is a slightly dated mail but still absolutely relevant for most of you. Nidhi Bansal was one of the most demanding students I have come across – demanding not just of MBAGuru but of herself to.Read More

Should you be writing AIRCATs or mock CATs right now even if your course for CAT is not finished? You must start taking the AIRCATs if your batch’s course coverage is anywhere close to 50%. Else, you could wait just a little longer. Taking online tests is a habit that will take some time to...Read More

*Disclaimer: All stunts shown-(off?) in this article are performed by CAT experts, who know the nuances of CAT preparation inside out. Such sleeping cycles, eccentric habits and random sources of inspiration are not a part of the famous non-existent fiction-work “101 ways of how to prepare for CAT!” I am a super late sleeper and...Read More

Remember the times (or just that one time) when you did better than you expected?Read More